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Dr Christine Hawke

Dr Christine Hawke

Lecturer in Professional Practice
Faculty of Veterinary Science
P: +61 2 9351 2454
Fax: +61 2 9351 7348
E: christine.hawke@sydney.edu.au
Room 112 McMaster Building
B14 - McMaster Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Qualifications BVSc(Hons) BSc(Vet) PhD MACVSc
Teaching Areas

Small animal clinical practice
Professional practice
Small animal dentistry
Administration Unit of Study Coordinator VETS5331 Preparation for Veterinary Practice
Research

Educational – veterinary undergraduate education in professional practice (transition to practice, communication, ethics)

Dental – aetiology and pathogenesis of periodontal disease and feline tooth resorption

Immunology – canine immune responses to vaccination; feline immune responses to feline coronaviruses in the pathogenesis of feline infectious peritonitis
Contribution to the Profession

NSW Representative of Australian Veterinary Dental Society
Career History
 Christine graduated in 1993 before working in small animal private practice for 5 years in both Australia and then in the UK.
She returned to Australia in 1999 to undertake a PhD in immunogenetics of autoimmune disease at the Centenary Institute and then in 2005, she started work full-time at the Faculty of Veterinary Science as a Lecturer in Small Animal Clinical Practice.

In 2006, Christine completed a MACVSc in Veterinary Dentistry. Her interest in this has led her to launch a veterinary dental company called ‘Sydney Pet Dentistry’ in 2007 and she is also currently Treasurer, Secretary and NSW representative for the Australian Veterinary Dental Society.

In 2001 she also started in her current position as Lecturer in Professional Practice here at the Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Selected Publications
  1. Malik R, Vogelnest L, O'Brien CR, White J, Hawke C, Wigney DI, Martin P, Norris JM (2004). Infections and some other conditions affecting the skin and subcutis of the naso-ocular region of cats - clinical experience 1987-2003. J Feline Med Surg. 6(6), 383-90
  2. Hawke CG, Painter DM, Kirwan PD, vanDriel RR, Baxter AG (2003). Mycobacteria, an environmental enhancer of lupus nephritis in a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus. Immunology 108(1), 70-8.
  3. Poulton LD, Smyth MJ, Hawke CG, Silveira P, Shepherd D, Naidenko OV, Godfrey DI, Baxter AG (2001). Cytometric and functional analyses of NK and NKT cell deficiencies in NOD mice. Int. Immunol. 13(7), 887-896.
  4. Silveira PA, Wilson WE, Esteban LM, Jordan MA, Hawke CG, van Driel IR and Baxter AG (2001). Identification of the Gasa3 and Gasa4 autoimmune gastritis susceptibility genes using congenic mice and partitioned, segregative and interaction analyses. Immunogenetics. 53(9):741-50, 2001 Dec.
  5. Maddison JE, Hawke CG, Watson ADJ (1993). Parameters of lead exposure and clinicopathology of lead toxicity in urban cats. Aust. Vet. Pract. 23, 210-216.